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The Head of the Local Government Service, Nana Ato Arthur has dismissed claims suggesting that some of its officers demanded monies from a number of job applicants to enable them secure employment into the service in its latest recruitment exercise. His rebuttal follows allegations making rounds on social media and other platforms alleging that officers of the service charged some ...

On August 3, the police visited families of the three missing Takoradi girls for assistance to acquire DNA samples to confirm if some human remains discovered at the residence of one of the key suspects, match with that of the missing girls. There has since been a delay with the DNA report which was originally supposed to take four weeks, ...

Staunch admirer and self-acclaimed ‘husband’ of Charlotte Osei, former chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Hanan-Confidence Abdul has sought the permission of his ‘wife’ so he can get married to a second wife. Hanan-Confidence who is a trained nurse is scheduled to get married on September 29, 2019. However he had to get clearance from his heartthrob, Mrs Osei, first. He ...

Ghana’s first female Brigadier General of the Ghana Armed Forces Constance Afenu has urged women not to limit themselves and their abilities. According to her, women have inbuilt capacity to achieve higher laurels in life. Speaking on the Morning Starr Tuesday, the senior officer encouraged Ghanaian women not to assume certain professions are the preserve of men. “I went to ...

Ron Strikker, Dutch Ambassador to Ghana, who stirred much controversy with his “Ghana Beyond Corruption” comment, has denied that his comment meant that the government’s “Ghana Beyond Aid Agenda be replaced with a Ghana Beyond Corruption Agenda. In a post on the official Facebook page of the Netherlands Embassy in Ghana sighted by MyNewsGh.com, Ron Strikker has expressed regret at ...

Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, Monday says the country was at “significant” skills mismatch crossroad and needed to shake off the colonial model of education with emphasis on grammar and clerical skills. He said the situation accounted for the “critical” challenge of unemployment with institutions producing skills not in high demand by the job market. Mr. Osafo-Maafo made the observation at ...

Members of the Alumni Association of Unity Hall also known as Continental Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have vowed to end the political ambitions of Education Minister Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh (Napo). According to the group, Dr Prempeh who is an alumnus has betrayed the oath he took to defend the interest of the ...

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has declared strike in six regions over poor condition of service. GNAT’s action comes on the heels of re-opening of schools today across the country and a similar strike declared by the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) over same demands. NAGRAT is on strike over the newly introduced Human Resource Management Information ...

The Chief Executive of the Ghana Mental Authority, Dr. Akwasi Osei, has called on Ghanaians to come together and help reduce the number of suicides being witnessed across the country. Suicides happen in all countries and regions, whether rich or poor. However, most occur in low and middle-income countries, which accounted almost four-fifths of global suicides in 2016. It is ...

The Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry has said businesses, which go down the drain with the change of government, are those that exploit political power for unfair economic gain. The comment follows the open condemnation of political termination of successful businesses in Ghana by Archbishop Duncan Williams. Speaking during a Sunday Service, the General Overseer of the Action Chapel ...